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| 1984. Town and Country Quad Fin. 5ft 8 1/2'' |
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Length :
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5ft |
8 1/2
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inches |
L2: 5
ft
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8'' | |
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Width :
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19 3/4
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inches |
Wide Point :
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-ve 3
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inches | |
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Nose :
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12
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inches |
Tail :
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16
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inches | |
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Thickness :
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2 1/2
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inches |
Pod :
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5 1/2
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inches | |
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Nose Lift :
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inches |
Tail Lift :
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inches | |||
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Weight :
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kilos |
Volume :
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litres | |||
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Flyers :
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13
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inches |
| FINS
Quad fins Fore/Large - 4 1/4 '' x 4 1/2'' base x 7'' span @ 12'' Rear/Small - 3 3/4 '' x 3 1/2'' base x 6'' span @ 5'' black laminated fibreglass |
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| DECOR
DECALS Deck Small Town and Country Surf Design - Pearl City, Hawaii with Ying/Yang circle in black and white at the nose. Large Town and Country Surf Design - Lennox Head Australia with Ying/Yang circle in black and white at centre. Gunther Rohn, blackscript across tail. Bottom Small Town and Country Surf Design - Pearl City, Hawaii with Ying/Yang circle in black and white at the nose. Large Town and Country Surf Design - Lennox Head Australia with Ying/Yang circle in black and white at sweet spot. surfblanks phenolic, black text across pod. MARKINGS Deck: GR 5' 9'' x 19 3/4'' at tail along the stringer. Bottom: COLOUR Deck : Full blue cross hatch spray, fading from nose to tail with transposed with five yellow grey and red quadralaterals with shadowing. Bottom: Clear. Post production adhesive stickers for Rip Curl and Instinct. |
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NOTES
BOARD HISTORY: Liberated from Randwick Council kerbside rubbish collection and donated by John McInnes in July 2008. DESIGN HISTORY Following the success of Simon Anderson's Thruster in 1981, several variations in fin placement and size were tried, one being the Four fin by Glen Winton from the Central coast, NSW in 1981. - Young: Fundamentals
(1985) page 102.
The four fin, Cheyne Horan's Winged
keel and the return of Bonzer side fins (in a five
fin configuration) all had some limited application,
but with the introduction and popularity of plug fin
systems in 1990, the basic thruster set up has
maintained its superiority.
Larry Bertlemann : VelzylandCOMMENTS: MANUFACTURER HISTORY See 1982 Town and Country Thruster #41. REFERENCES Magazines Article : CONDITION: 7. Surfer v25 n3 1984 March |
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